How can I fix my Superdrive slot on my MacBook Pro 2012?

I installed a brand new SSD in my MacBook Pro 2012 yesterday. To do this, I cloned my [then] existing HDD to it using SuperDuper!. Now, my DVD slot won't accept discs. I tried opening DVD player and it said that "a valid DVD drive could not be found". I plugged in my old HDD and booted up from that, and tried again, but to no avail. Is this something wrong with my Superdrive or something? Or is my OS corrupt? Could my Superdrive be burnt out?

Uh oh, and that even before the warranty is over...
If I were you (well... not really...), I'd pick my MBP from here, then do as if I were to replace "everything optical drive and cable" -- except I'd replace the existing gear with itself. Slowly, step by step, and veeeery carefully.
If it doesn't work then, maybe the next AASP isn't that far away, at least.

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